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Surname
PEARCE
Forename
James William
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
22
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Brownhills, No.3
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Harrison Ltd
Location
Brownhills
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was filling a tub on a longwall face in the Shallow Seam when a rate of coal and bannocking dirt 9 feet brig, 5 feet deep and of thickness tapering from 18 inches at top to nothing at the bottom, fell suddenly from the face and crushed his head against a tree so severely that he died almost immediately. The rate came off at a black slip or facing which was not visible before the accident.